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Dido
Northern Skies
Safe Trip Home - 2008
Capo 2nd Fret
Chords:
E (022100)
Am (x02210)
D (xx0232)
A (x02220)
(All chords are relative to capo)
Intro: E
Verse 1:
(E)
I have returned, to northern skies,
AmE
Where the summer hasn't touched, the clouds that pass above
(E)
I have returned, to the somber grace,
AmE
Of the days too early to come, and too hurried to stay.
Verse 2:
(E)
Oh I have left, a million stars,
AmE
And an ocean light, and clearly blue.
(E)
And I have left, the warmth of the sun,
AmE
And a million adventures, not yet begun.
Chorus 1:
DAE
For once there was beauty here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies
DAE
And once there was magic here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies.
Verse 3:
(E)
I saw trees as green, and this dark as blue,
AmE
Heartbreak and poetry, with deeper roots
(E)
Now I know, this is lonely country,
AmE
And it leads me only, back to the sea.
Chorus 2:
DAE
For once there was beauty here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies,
DAE
And once there was magic here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies.
Link: | D | A | E | D | (A)
Verse 4:
(A) E
I have returned, to northern skies,
AmE
Where the summer hasn't touched, the clouds that pass above
(E)
I have returned, to the somber grace,
AmE
Of the days too early to come, and too hurried to stay.
Chorus 3:
DAE
For once there was beauty here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies,
DAE
And once there was magic here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies,
DAE
And once, there was beauty here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies,
DAE
And once there was magic here for me,
DAE
Under the wide_____, northern skies,
Coda:
AE
Hmmmm______ Hmmm mmm Hmm, Hmmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm______ Hmmm mmm mmm,
AE
Hmmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm______ Hmmmm mmm Hmmm, Hmmm Hmmmm Hmmmm______
Hmmm mmm mmm... etc
(The rest of the song just carries on changing from A to E ad lib, just
listen to the song to hear for the changes, I'll tab the coda entirely
if your having trouble getting it, just let me know in the comments but
it's really not hard)